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Intraspecific genome size variation is attributed to adaptive silencing of transposable elements in Hordeum species.
Molecular biology and evolution - 2 Mar 2026
Potapenko Evgenii, Shermeister Bar, Mandel Tali, Hübner Sariel
Abstract excerpt
A substantial variation in genome size has been observed among individuals of the same species. Theory predicts that increased genome size may confer an advantage in populations with small effective size. However, contradictory evidence for the correlation with environmental variation, and limited understanding of the underlying genetic mechanisms, has cast doubts on the adaptive role of genome size variation. To...
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